Trustee Ester Alano Laconico-Feria began her career in 1964 as a simple office staff in a family-owned corporation in Basilan, but since then has risen to become a general manager, vice-president, a director or a trustee in the policy-making bodies of corporations such as the UCPB-CIIF Finance Development Corporation, Basilan Lines, Inc., Basilan Estates, Inc., Basilan Pioneer, Inc., Basilan Golden Harvest Corp., Juan S. Alano & Co., Inc., Juan S. Alano Memorial Hospital, Inc.
      She comes from a family that played a strategic role in the development of Basilan and whose scion, the late Juan Alano, was among the country's pioneer legislators.
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Positions

• Director/Trustee , UCPB - CIIF Finance Development Corporation, U.C.P.B. - CIIF Foundation, Inc., May 2005 - Present
  
• General Manager, Basilan Lines Incorporated, Interim Management Committee, March 2005 - December 2006
• Member, SEC-Appointed Interim Management Committee, Basilan Lines, Inc., 1998 - Present
  
• Board Member, Basilan Pioneer Inc./ Basilan Golden Harvest Corp./ Basilan Estates Inc., 1992 - 2003
• Board Member, Basilan Industries Inc., 1992 - 2000
• Trustee, Juan S. Alano Memorial Hospital Inc., 1992 - 2004
• Vice President, Juan S. Alano & Co., Inc. /Basilan Estates Inc., 1995 - 1998
• Treasurer. Juan S. Alano Memorial Hospital Inc., 2002 - 2003
• Treasurer, Basilan Golden Harvest Corp., 1992 - 1998
• Treasurer, Juan S. Alano & Co., Inc., 1992
• Agent, Insular Life Assurance Co., Bacolod District Office, 1985 - 1992
• Office Staff, Juan S. Alano & Co., Inc., 1964 - 1970
  

Education

• Graduate Studies:
  University of the Philippines
  Attended M.B.A. Program 1964 - 1967 Major in Personnel and Industrial Relations
  Certificate of Business Management, 1973
  
• Tertiary:
  Philippine Women's University, Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Major in Psychology, 1964
  
• Secondary:
  Basilan City High School, 1960
  
• Elementary:
  Isabela Central Elementary School, 1956
  Zamboanga Normal School, 1950-1952

Training/Seminars

• Corporate Governance and Risk Management Seminar, De La Salle University Business School, May 2005
  

Affiliations

• Bayanihan Dance Co., Member, 1960 -1964
  
• PWU, College of Liberal Arts, Student Council President, 1963 -1964
  
• PWU Senior Class Organization, P.R.O. 1963 -1964
  
• La Castellana Elementary School, PTA President, 1975 -1982
  
• St. Scholastica's Academy, PTA Board Member, 1986-1992
  
• La Salle Bacolod Parents Association, Member 1985 - 1992
  
• Girl Scout of the Philippines - Basilan, Vice President International Affairs 1996 -1998
  
• GSP - Negros Occidental Council, Chairperson 1976 - 1985, Treasurer, 1985
  
• Catholic Women's League (CWL), La Castellana, Negros Occidental Unit, President 1980
  
• CWL - Diocese of Bacolod, Board Member 1975, Vice President 1978, Secretary 1980
  
• CWL - Prelature of Basilan, Diocesan President 1994 - 2004
  

Personal Details

• Age: 62 years old
  
• Birthdate: 12 October 1944
  
• Civil Status: Married
  
• Father: Major Ramon Laconico (deceased)
  
• Mother: Dolores Alano Laconico
  
• Husband: Felix G. Feria III
  
• Children: Sherry Lynn (38), Felix IV (36), Ramon (31), Flora May (27